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What's with All the Pressure?
Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
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Author | Duplessis, Michael Yowell, Janet Samson, Carleigh |
Copyright Year | 2013 |
Description | Students learn how to take blood pressure by observing a teacher demonstration and then practicing on fellow classmates in small groups. Once the hands-on component of this activity is completed, the class brainstorms and discusses how blood pressure might affect a person's health. Students learn how to take blood pressure by observing a teacher demonstration and then practicing on fellow classmates in small groups. Once the hands-on component of this activity is completed, the class brainstorms and discusses how blood pressure might affect a person's health. This activity acts as hook for the second lesson in this unit, in which blood pressure is presented in detail, as well as how variances in blood pressure can affect a person's cardiovascular system. |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | Open |
Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado Vanderbilt University |
Subject Keyword | Biology Blood Pressure Sphygmomanometer Disease Legacy Cycle Blood Blood Flow Heart |
Content Type | Text |
Time Required | PT45M |
Education Level | Class IX Class X Class XI Class XII |
Pedagogy | Experimental Activity |
Resource Type | Hands-on |
Subject | Biology |